Bitcoin Poker Tournaments Schedule 2026: Weekly Calendar Across Crypto Rooms

A real online poker tournament schedule is a moving target. Daily turbos rotate by time zone, weekly majors shift around major series, flagship festivals swallow the calendar twice a year. This guide cuts through the marketing schedule pages and lays out what actually runs week-by-week across the bitcoin poker rooms in 2026, with realistic field sizes, rake structures, and the dollar-per-buy-in math you need to size events correctly.

Times below are in UTC. Convert to your local time zone with the standard offset. ACR is on US East Coast time internally, GGPoker on UTC, CoinPoker on UTC, WPT Global on UTC. Times shift by one hour during US daylight saving transitions for events scheduled relative to ACR’s home zone.

Quick-glance weekly schedule

Day	Time (UTC)	Event	Buy-in	GTD	Room
Sunday	17:00	GGMasters Special	$150	$1M	GGPoker
Sunday	20:00	Sunday Million Special	$215	$200K	ACR Poker
Sunday	19:00	WPT Sunday Slam	$215	$150K	WPT Global
Sunday	16:00	Asia Sunday Major	$110	$100K	Natural8
Sunday	18:00	Sunday Crypto Major	$109	$50K	CoinPoker
Tuesday	20:00	OSS Cub3d Mid	$33	$25K	ACR Poker
Wednesday	19:00	GGMasters Mid	$50	$200K	GGPoker
Thursday	20:00	Thursday Thrill	$109	$300K	GGPoker
Friday	20:30	Bounty Hunters HR	$215	$200K	ACR Poker
Saturday	17:00	Saturday Special	$150	$200K	GGPoker
Daily	Various	Hyper-turbos, $5 to $50	$5–$50	$1K–$15K	All rooms

Guarantees shift by a few thousand dollars week to week as series pile on. The Sunday majors above are reliable year-round. Weekday majors get bumped or replaced during festival weeks (Venom, WSOP Online, WPT WOC, Bitcoin Series).

Sunday majors in detail

GGMasters Special, $150 buy-in, $1M GTD

The biggest weekly online tournament in the world by guarantee. Every Sunday at 17:00 UTC. Field sizes routinely hit 7,000 to 9,000 entries, with a paid percentage around 17%. The structure is 50-minute levels with a 25,000 starting stack, which gives the tournament a reasonable mid-stage but compresses fast on the bubble.

The Special edition runs most Sundays. Non-Special weeks downshift to the regular GGMasters at $500K GTD, same buy-in. ROI for a competent field-control player at this buy-in level sits around 8 to 15% before rakeback. Add Fish Buffet rakeback and the effective ROI climbs another 3 to 8 points. GGPoker review.

Sunday Million Special on ACR Poker, $215 buy-in, $200K GTD

The headline US-accessible Sunday at the most popular US-friendly buy-in level. Field sizes run 1,000 to 1,400 entries on a normal Sunday, often pushing past the guarantee by 20 to 40%. The structure is generous: 30-minute levels through the early stages, 25,000 chip starting stack, deeper than most $215 buy-in events.

ACR’s Sunday Million is where most US tournament regs build their bankroll. The Elite Benefits rakeback kicks in significantly at this buy-in level (20 to 65% effective rakeback depending on volume tier), which materially affects the ROI math. ACR Poker review.

WPT Sunday Slam, $215 buy-in, $150K GTD

The mid-stakes WPT-branded weekly. Smaller field than ACR’s Sunday Million (typically 600 to 800 entries), which means the equity per buy-in is concentrated. The downside is that the field is regularly tighter than the GG or ACR equivalents, which tilts the rec-to-reg ratio against weaker players.

For players who already have a bankroll for the $215 buy-in level, the WPT Sunday Slam is a third option after the GGMasters and ACR Sunday Million. The standout value comes during WPT World Online Championships season, when seats to the live WPT festival are awarded as side prizes. WPT Global review.

Asia Sunday Major on Natural8, $110 buy-in, $100K GTD

Same player pool as GGPoker (Natural8 is a network skin), but scheduled at 16:00 UTC to fit the Asia and Pacific time zones. The buy-in is one tier softer than GGMasters Special, which makes it a good Sunday for $50 to $150 grinders looking for less variance per session. Field sizes run 1,200 to 1,700 entries.

If you are based in Asia, Australia, or the Middle East, this is your default Sunday. If you are based in Europe or the Americas, the time slot is rough (16:00 UTC = 09:00 PT, 12:00 ET, 17:00 UK), but the field softness can make it worth the awkward window. Natural8 review.

Sunday Crypto Major on CoinPoker, $109 buy-in, $50K GTD

Smaller field, same buy-in as the Asia Sunday Major. Typical field is 350 to 500 entries, which means the per-entry equity is high relative to the buy-in. The crypto-native player pool skews casual, and the rake on this event is 7% (lower than GG’s 9 to 10%, lower than ACR’s 8%). For players who prefer 400-entry fields with concentrated equity over 7,000-entry fields with deeper variance, this is the Sunday major to play.

The Bitcoin Series quarterly festival expands the CoinPoker schedule meaningfully four times a year. Outside festival weeks, the Sunday Crypto Major is the anchor weekly. CoinPoker review.

Weekday majors

The weekday calendar is thinner than Sunday but covers most reasonable buy-in levels:

Tuesday OSS Cub3d Mid (ACR), $33 buy-in, $25K GTD. Soft field, recreational-heavy, large reentry window. Good practice volume for players climbing from micro stakes.
Wednesday GGMasters Mid (GG), $50 buy-in, $200K GTD. The Wednesday equivalent of GGMasters at a softer buy-in. Field sizes run 4,000 to 6,000 entries.
Thursday Thrill (GG), $109 buy-in, $300K GTD. The biggest weekday tournament globally. Strong overlay history. Field sizes 2,500 to 3,500 entries.
Friday Bounty Hunters HR (ACR), $215 buy-in, $200K GTD. Progressive bounty format. Strong for players comfortable with bounty math (the bounty pool is roughly 50% of the prize pool, structured to reward aggressive play).
Saturday Special (GG), $150 buy-in, $200K GTD. The Saturday tune-up before GGMasters Sunday. Slightly softer field on a Saturday than the equivalent Sunday slot.

Outside these anchors, every room runs daily $5 to $50 turbo events with $1K to $15K guarantees. These are bankroll-builder territory for new players and grind volume for regs.

Major series calendar

The flagship festivals dominate the calendar four times a year. Plan around them.

Spring (March to April)

ACR Venom $10M GTD (mid-March to early April). Main Event $5,300 buy-in, satellites from $11.
WPT World Online Championships (April). Main Event $3,200 buy-in.
CoinPoker Bitcoin Series Spring (late March). Main $530 buy-in, $1.5M GTD.

Summer (June to August)

WSOP Online on GGPoker and Natural8 (July to August). 60+ bracelet events. Main Event $1,000 buy-in, $5M GTD.
ACR OSS (Online Super Series, June). Lower buy-in series, 40+ events from $5 to $1,000.

Fall (September to November)

ACR Venom $10M GTD (October). The fall edition of the spring flagship.
WPT World Online Championships (November).
CoinPoker Bitcoin Series Fall (mid-October).

Winter (December)

WCOOP equivalents on each room, typically December. ACR runs the Winter Online Super Series, GG runs WSOP Winter Online, WPT runs the WPT Online Championship Festival.

If you build your tournament calendar around these four festival windows, you are playing the highest-overlay, highest-soft-money events of the year. The remaining 30 weeks are for grinding the regular weekly schedule and clearing rakeback.

Buy-in to ROI sanity check

A reasonable hourly rate at each tier, calibrated to a competent winning tournament reg:

$5 to $20 buy-in level. Soft fields, lots of recreational entries. Win rate 25 to 50% ROI before rakeback. Hourly $5 to $15. Bankroll-builder territory.
$50 to $100 buy-in level. Mid-stakes. Win rate 15 to 25% ROI. Hourly $20 to $60. Where most serious recreational regs live.
$200 to $500 buy-in level. Field tightens. Win rate 8 to 15% ROI. Hourly $50 to $150. Most full-time tournament players in this range.
$1,000+ buy-in level. Tournament high stakes. Win rate 3 to 10% ROI. Hourly $150+. Variance is brutal. Bankroll requirements are huge.

These numbers are population-level estimates for a winning player. Variance swings the realized hourly by a factor of 2 to 5 in either direction over any sub-100-tournament sample. Do not assume you are running at expectation until you have logged at least 1,000 tournaments at a buy-in level.

Bankroll math for tournaments

Tournament bankroll guidelines are wider than cash games because the variance is much higher. Standard recommendations:

Pure tournament player, single buy-in level: 100 to 200 buy-ins. So $5,000 to $10,000 to play $50 buy-ins seriously, $20,000 to $40,000 for $200 buy-ins.
Mixed schedule (multi buy-in level): 100 buy-ins at the highest level you regularly play. If you mostly play $50 with occasional $200 shots, hold $20K based on the $200 ceiling.
Festival main events one tier above your normal: 5 to 10 buy-ins at that tier, separate from your regular tournament bankroll. Treat the festival roll as a discrete bankroll that funds satellites and a small number of direct buy-ins.

Underrolled tournament players go broke during normal downswings. A break-even or losing player at any buy-in level needs unlimited bankroll, which nobody has. Move down a level after losing 30% of your roll. Move up only after sustaining 130% of the roll for the next level for at least 50 tournaments.

Late registration windows

Different rooms structure late registration differently, and the difference materially affects strategy:

GGPoker. Late reg typically runs through level 12 to 15 (3 to 4 hours into the tournament). Long late reg favors short-stack push-fold specialists who buy in with less than 20 big blinds.
ACR Poker. Late reg around level 10 to 12 on Sunday majors, shorter on weekday events. Standard middle-of-the-pack window.
WPT Global. Late reg cuts at the dinner break (typically level 12). Conservative.
CoinPoker. Late reg through level 8 to 10. Tighter than the rest, which favors deeper-stacked early-tournament play.

Strategic implication: at GG and ACR, registering late and treating the buy-in as a re-entry shot is mathematically reasonable for players who prefer short-stack play. At CoinPoker, you want to be in from the start to capture the deeper structure.

Reentries, rebuys, and add-ons

Most modern online tournaments are unlimited or capped reentry events, not pure freezeouts. The format affects strategy and bankroll:

Unlimited reentry. You can re-buy as many times as you want during the late-reg window. Each reentry is a fresh starting stack at the same buy-in. Common at $109+ Sunday majors.
Capped reentry (typically 2 or 3). A small reentry budget. Forces tighter play in the first reentry window. Common at flagship events like the Venom Main and WSOP Online bracelet events.
Pure freezeout. One bullet, no reentry. Rare at modern online events, more common at WPT Global flagship tournaments and a handful of CoinPoker majors.
Rebuy + add-on (legacy format). Mostly extinct online. A few daily turbos still use it.

Bankroll implication: if you are budgeting for a $215 Sunday major with unlimited reentry, treat the buy-in as $215 to $645 (one to three bullets) for sizing decisions. Reentries are a real cost that grow your effective buy-in.

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Frequently asked questions

What time do the biggest Sunday tournaments start?

Sunday majors cluster between 16:00 and 21:00 UTC. GGMasters Special at 17:00 UTC, ACR Sunday Million Special at 20:00 UTC, WPT Sunday Slam at 19:00 UTC. Convert to your local time: 17:00 UTC = 13:00 ET, 10:00 PT, 18:00 UK, 03:00 (next day) AET. Plan to start your session 30 minutes before the first registration to settle in.

How long does a Sunday major take to play?

An average Sunday major runs 8 to 12 hours from start to final-table conclusion. The deepest mid-major runs (1,000+ entries) routinely break midnight in your local time zone. If you are not prepared to commit a full day, register a turbo or hyper-turbo schedule instead. The Mini events on each room run 30 to 60 minutes from start to finish.

Can I multi-table tournaments and cash games at once?

Yes. Most tournament regs run 4 to 12 tournaments simultaneously. Some also keep one or two cash game tables open for the long fold-stretches between tournament hands. Performance generally degrades after 8 tables. Beyond that, you are click-time-limited rather than decision-quality-limited.

What is the difference between a turbo and a hyper-turbo?

Standard tournaments use 15 to 30 minute blind levels. Turbos run 5 to 8 minute levels. Hyper-turbos run 3 to 4 minute levels. The shorter the level, the more push-fold poker the late stages become, and the higher the variance per buy-in. Hyper-turbos require a different skill set than standard tournaments and a wider bankroll because of the variance.

Are there freerolls or no-deposit tournaments?

Yes, on every room on the lineup. New-player freerolls run daily on ACR, GG, Natural8, and WPT Global. Prize pools are small ($25 to $500), but the buy-in is zero, so any cash is pure profit. CoinPoker runs occasional crypto-funded freerolls during festival weeks. Freerolls are bankroll-builders for new players, not income for regs.

Can I play in WSOP Online from the US?

No. GGPoker and Natural8 do not accept US players. The WSOP Online schedule on GG is geographically restricted to non-US jurisdictions (mostly Europe, Asia, Canada, parts of Latin America). US players who want WSOP-branded online events have a separate WSOP.com platform that operates in regulated states (NJ, PA, NV, MI). The two are not the same product.

How do I find satellites for a flagship event?

Each room’s tournament lobby has a satellite tab or filter. ACR’s satellite ladder for Venom runs continuously starting 6 weeks before the festival. GG’s WSOP Online satellites start 4 weeks before the series. Plan ahead: the latest-stage satellites (super sat into the Main) often only run 2 weeks before the event, so you cannot expect to satellite in if you sign up the day before.

Do tournament results affect my rakeback level?

Yes, on every room with a rakeback program. Tournament fees count toward the rakeback calculation, usually at 100% of the fee. So a $109 tournament with $9 fee contributes $9 toward your rakeback points. ACR’s Elite Benefits and GG’s Fish Buffet both use this model. CoinPoker’s rakeback similarly counts tournament fees.